A Hampton man and woman who face charges of robbing the Home Depot on Armistead Avenue last month are facing new charges in Georgia after leading police on a chase in a pick-up truck that's owned by a 73-year-old Newport News man.

Darren Maurice Johnson, 45, and Wanda Dobbins, 42, both of Hampton, were arrested Friday following a police chase that ended along a four-lane highway, Dekalb County (Ga.) police spokeswoman Mekka Parrish said.

They were in a black 2011 Nissan Frontier owned by Tommy Alley, 73, of Lochaven Drive in Newport News. Alley's son, 49-year-old Charles Alley, reported his father missing on Feb. 22 — 13 days ago and five days after the Home Depot heist in which Alley's truck was used.

Charles Alley said his father had been hanging around with Dobbins, though he was not sure whether the two were romantically linked. He said his father had previously provided her with money and the use of his truck.

About 4 p.m. Friday, Dekalb police were flagged down by a person who told police that it appeared that a woman was being held in a pickup against her will. A police officer ran the truck's tags and learned it belonged to Alley.

Parrish said police tried to conduct a traffic stop on the truck, but the driver fled. Police were eventually able to corner the truck along the side of a highway.

"They had boxed them in, and he rammed the cars in an attempt to get out of that situation," Parrish said. "He rammed at least two of our cars numerous times and tried to run over two officers as they were trying to get out of their cars."

Police shot at the driver, identified as Johnson, but he managed to get away, Parrish said. He eventually stopped when the car became disabled and was arrested. The woman, identified as Dobbins, jumped out of the car during the chase and was arrested.

Dobbins and Johnson have been charged with aggravated assault on an officer and obstruction of justice.

Hampton police said Johnson and Dobbins were caught shoplifting by a Hampton Home Depot employee who tried to detain them on Feb. 17. When an employee tried to stop them, police said that one of the shoplifters pulled out a box cutter and lunged at the worker. The shoplifters fled from the store in a vehicle that matched the description of Alley's truck.

"The facts regarding this investigation make Mr. Alley's disappearance suspicious in nature," a Newport News police search warrant affidavit said. The affidavit said it's unknown if Alley was abducted or involved in the Home Depot robbery.